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Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:51 am
by eatyourguitar
checkout the grizzly brake or the box pan brake. less than $100 for a nice one.
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:34 pm
by mathias
eatyourguitar wrote:checkout the grizzly brake or the box pan brake. less than $100 for a nice one.
We've got a sheet metal brake at the Milwaukee Makerspace, I just have to learn how to use it!
I really should learn this week.
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:26 pm
by eatyourguitar
its not hard a all. you just have to plan your bends out. one bend may make it impossible to do the next one. so you would have to do them in a different order. use thin aluminum sheet to make templates. like cut a 2 inch x 8 inch piece and start bending it. then test fit against the real piece your working on before your waste the good steel. also you have to know when to flip it over and bend/mark the other side.
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:58 pm
by D-Rainger
I always made a cardboard replica first - gluing edges together etc, just to hold it and see problems (like baseplate flange).
Here's the cardboard...
And the box I got someone to make who knows how to do sheet metal folding...
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:03 pm
by Jero
Damn that cardboard almost looks the real deal
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:13 pm
by mathias
Thinking I'll fold up something like this:
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:22 am
by D-Rainger
Fantastic! I reckon that'd work brilliant.
Wooden sides - Like all that tasty old synth gear?!
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:27 am
by mathias
Yep!
Re: Pedal enclosures
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:16 pm
by Achtane
Folded metal enclosures are the best!